Edie Falco Quotes

It reminds me of how grandmother always had the right costume for me to wear. You wear the right outfit and you feel like the person you're pretending to be.

I've loved the escapism of being another person, slipping into another character for a little while.

Sometimes when you're acting, you only need a little bit of something to sort of channel or, you know, transport into a place.

I like to do things in which I'm playing someone else entirely.

They have become part of us in that if we get dressed up as them, we don't actually have to have a script. You can just become them. You just become nervy.

I love to act because I love trying on other people's skin.

Costume is a huge part of getting into character. Your body soaks in what you're wearing, and you turn into someone else.

I love costumes. I love getting dressed up because it really helps my imagination make the leap to believe that I am who I say I am.

As a child, I always chose a false nose and some face paint and a wig for my birthday.

I'm always happier and a better actor when I can really lose myself in a character and become somebody else.

That's one of the great things about acting - you get to pretend you're somebody else, which is great if you get bored with yourself.

I learned to understand the distance a character can be from yourself and how important rehearsal can be to creating a person that feels like a person that isn't you.

My first experiences with fashion were dressing up. It was always about fantasy for me. Dressing up as characters . . . I always thought that's what clothes were - that they would make you into the person you wanted to be. I'm an actress, so I love to act, and I think that's one of the most important things - the thing that makes you feel like another person.

I think when you're playing a character in any film it's so crucial to have the costume that makes you feel like you're going to be that character.

I think the greatest thing about being an actor is that you can become other people. ... You have the opportunity to explore ... alternative ways of living for a brief time.

Of all the things I do, acting is the thing that grabs most, but there's another level on which it strikes me as being a little silly. In the end you're dressing up and deciding to be somebody.

I've been doing this since I was 10 years old, inhabiting different people and playing different roles.

I love acting and really taking on another person, another life.

Sometimes I can't get out of the character because the story is very intense.

I really do literally put myself into a character's shoes.

I didn't need clothes. I was allowed the opportunity to act out moments you don't get the opportunity to experience in your own life, let alone as a character in a film. I didn't feel naked.

I love becoming a character outside of who I am. Even when I was a little girl, I loved make believe, so I like it.

I sort of make believe. That's why I like acting. You can create or imagine anything.

It's fun to be someone else.

The idea of transformation - playing something I'm not - is the bit I enjoy most about acting.